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 Powerful, especially after watching the TV shows July 8, 2008
Clark (California)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
After struggling with trying to pick up the piano off-and-on over the years, i stumbled across Scott Houston's TV show on a local PBS station a couple of years ago. It was a revelation -- here was an approach to quickly learn songs i liked without trying to read sheet music note-for-note. After watching several episodes of the show, i purchased this book and enjoy it. Yes, some (or many) of the songs are not to my tastes, but even making use of just a dozen tunes is worth the price of admission. I am online today to buy the 2nd 'Fake Book' Scott Houston has produced.
Using lead sheets seems like a well-kept secret. You could probably find this book useful even without seeing the show, but see the show if you get a chance.
Best Fake Book I've Seen February 8, 2008
D. Franks (Las Vegas)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Expanding on the title of this review, Scott the Piano Guy seems to have created this fake book as if it was going to be the only fake book he put together. So many of the fake books I've seen or purchased have a requisite number of good songs that I'm interested in but also have many that I would never consider playing at all--almost as if sequels are planned that you'll have to purchase if you want more of the really good stuff. But the selections in this one are excellent for my taste and current level of skill development. The convenience of having the chords graphically shown at the top of each song is a strong plus. I use the book on the organ rather than piano, so some of the inversions typically used are different, but the chord diagrams are still quite convenient. The book is good quality paper and strong. It would benefit from spiral binding, but that's nothing that a trip to the local office supply chain can't remedy for a few dollars. Best fake book I've seen for the developing musician.
Fake Books July 9, 2008
Delta88 (San Diego)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This product has a variety of songs that cover a range of music that should be appealing to everyone. If you want something simple so you can just start playing piano this is a good book to have.
Very helpful, nice selection of songs March 23, 2008
Anonymous (New York)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I really like this fake book as he includes the chord diagrams (beginner and advanced) at the top of every song. It is published by Hal Leonard so you get their familiar music layout. Melody, lyrics, and rhthym are displayed.
It has a nice selection of songs from broadway, jazz, pop, etc. My only gripe would be that it would have been nice to have a few modern pop tunes from the past decade but what can you do.
In short, it is one of the better fake book complilations I have seen, and should give me years of use.
Scott scores! December 26, 2009
Dan Dippery (Menlo Park, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In all fairness, I had checked Scott's book out at the library before purchasing--and that's why I bought it.
I'm an intermediate cross-over guitar player...who just wants to sit down and play pop music on the piano.
This is the perfect book for that: simple lead sheets with simple--mostly C-chords. You start playing songs you know right away. And his song selection is very diverse.
I can't recommend it more profusely.
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